SoLT Seminar : The future of academic publishing.

Academia and academic publishing operate as two parts of an ecosystem. As in any ecosystem, they are dependent on each other: academics 'publish or perish', academic content is the essential element in the publishing process. But given that academia is publicly funded and publishing is a profit-making venture increasingly exposed to shareholder expectation, this dependent relationship is an uneasy one for many academics. Academia and academic publishing are driven by very different motivations. Academics must balance competing priorities in the university system; the need to provide quality materials for their students and the need to reduce their impact on faculty budgets. Taking these elements into negotiations with publishers who are engaging in increasingly aggressive sales tactics creates a volatile environment. It is important for academics and faculty staff to be fully aware of their obligations under university rules and education sector legislation. Ruth Jelley has been researching open education practices with the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law Teaching and Learning team since late 2012.

学术界与学术出版（academic publishing）本为同一生态系统的两个组成部分。正如所有生态系统一般，二者彼此依存：学术界奉行“不发表即淘汰（publish or perish）”的铁律，而学术内容是出版流程的核心要素。然而，鉴于学术界的运作依赖公共资金支持，而学术出版作为营利性企业，日益受到股东期望的裹挟，这种依存关系对诸多学者而言始终难言融洽。学术界与学术出版的驱动逻辑截然不同：学者需在大学体系中平衡多重相互冲突的优先级事务，既要为学生提供优质教学材料，又要尽力降低院系预算的压力。在与采取愈发激进销售策略的出版商进行谈判时，这些考量只会加剧环境的不稳定性。因此，学者与教职员工充分明晰自身在大学规章及教育行业立法框架下的义务，显得尤为关键。自2012年末起，露丝·杰利（Ruth Jelley）便携手商学、经济学与法学院（Faculty of Business, Economics and Law）教学团队，致力于开放教育实践（open education practices）的相关研究。